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Cookie Butter Stuffed Oreos

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Ruthanne

A creamy layer of chocolate chip cookie butter is a wonderful surprise inside these easy chocolate cookies!

I may be out of the loop on things, but somehow I missed this whole craze over COOKIE BUTTER. When I was in the Czech Republic about a year ago, my friend Angie (the best gift-giver!) sent me home with a collection of European treats. Nestled in with the coffees and chocolates, there was this jar of “stuff” (all the labels were in Czech) and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I know that peanut butter is hard to find in Eastern and Central Europe- so I knew it wasn’t that- but it was close… it was butter- but not made out of peanuts..made out of COOKIES!!!!! Seriously. I fell in love.

Then I found it at Wal Mart. Here. In Indiana. #smile!!!

So, I’ve been stuffing Oreo Thins with all sorts of things over the past few months. Marshmallows….Key Lime Pie…I can’t stop. I have A LOT more ideas. This is just one more. (Prepare yourself…)

These are simply….delicious. I shouldn’t have been surprised that adding cookie butter to Oreos would create such a yummy combination- but I was. The combination is such a unique flavor- and I’m not kidding you- unbelievably good!

Plus they are SUPER easy to make.

Here’s how we did it: (printable recipe available here)

INGREDIENTS: (makes about 25 cookies)

One box of Oreo Thins Chocolate cookies
One jar of crunchy cookie butter (I’ve loved every brand I have tried, but I used Lotus for these)
One cup of mini chocolate chips
One and 1/2 bags of Wilton’s Candy melts in dark chocolate
A little bit of milk chocolate candy melts to make stripes on top (or any sort of sprinkles you’d like to add to make these for any season!)

DIRECTIONS:

Set half of Oreo cookies on a small tray or sheet that will fit in your freezer.
Mix jar of cookie butter and mini chips in a small bowl.
Scoop or spoon cookie butter on top of each Oreo and press a second Oreo on top to make a sandwich.

Freeze for about 30 minutes.
Melt Candy Melts in microwave, in 30 second increments, stirring in between, until melted and smooth.
Take 3 or 4 cookies at a time out of freezer and carefully dip in melted chocolate, using a fork to tap excess chocolate off and sliding the bottom of the cookie along the edge of the bowl to remove excess from the bottom.

Set on parchment paper to harden.
Add sprinkles (if desired) before chocolate hardens, or after it hardens, drizzle or pipe a little bit of contrasting chocolate across the top of each cookie.
Enjoy!

My thoughts: Mmmmmmm! These cookies were eaten up so fast- and I got back so much positive feedback on them- everyone loved them! The only tricky part might be dipping them (if you haven’t dipped things in chocolate before). The trick is to tap off excess chocolate and to remove excess off the bottom. If you aren’t feeling confident in your dipping skills, try just dipping half of the cookie and leaving half of that yummy cookie butter visible! I hope you get a chance to try these!!! Enjoy!! ~R

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Marshmallow-filled Chocolate Cookies

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Ruthanne

Chocolate “Oreo Thins” cookies, stuffed with a marshmallow and covered in dark chocolate- such a delicious combination!

I haven’t given up making Oreo Thins less healthy! Just a few weeks ago, I posted a recipe using the vanilla Oreo Thins- stuffed with key lime pie (see it here). Today, I bring you chocolate Oreo Thins stuffed with marshmallows and covered in chocolate. They remind me of those yummy pinwheel cookies- the kind with cookie and marshmallow all swirled together!

Yep. You will want to try these- promise! They are even better tasting than they look!

Here is how we put these together: (printable recipe)

INGREDIENTS: (makes 20 cookies)

1 box of Oreo Thins in chocolate
20 marshmallows (regular size)
2 bags of Wilton’s candy melts in dark chocolate
1/4 cup of Wilton’s candy melts in white chocolate

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350F degrees
Set half of the Oreo Thins cookies on a cookie sheet that will fit in your freezer, set aside.
Place a sheet of parchment paper on a second small cookie sheet.
Set 20 marshmallows out on paper and place in oven for 3 to 4 minutes. Until they become soft- but not toasted.
Remove from oven and allow marshmallows to cool to a point where you can pick them up.
Gently use a knife or a skewer to pierce the bottom of the marshmallow (allowing some of the melted part to come out), and set this on top of an Oreo on the 1st cookie sheet.
Gently pierce the top of the marshmallow and set a second Oreo on it, gently pushing the melted marshmallow out to the edges (it will go a little beyond the edges and this is ok!

Continue with this process until all cookies have a marshmallow sandwiched between them.
Freeze for about 30 minutes- until marshmallow is hard.
Melt Candy Melts in the microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between until melted and smooth.
Taking only 2-3 cookies out of the freezer at a time, dip them into the melted chocolate, covering top and sides.
Quickly remove on a fork, and tap on edge of bowl to remove excess chocolate.
Gently slide off fork onto parchment paper to harden.
Melt white Candy Melts in the same manner as the chocolate ones. Place in a small zip-top bag, clip a corner, and drizzle over finished cookies.
Allow these to harden up before serving.
Enjoy!

My thoughts: I was originally going to do these with graham crackers- like a s’mores cookie- but when I realized how well those Oreo Thins work for dipping, I went with those instead- and I’m glad I did! These are absolutely delicious. I really, really loved them! A unique addition to any cookie tray! In fact, I made cookie plates with my last 3 recipes here on Easybaked. I baked them all over one weekend and brought these to my neighbors and friends. Who says you can only do this at Christmas??? 🙂